CVE-2016-8909

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-11-04 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c913d6086566755524494e0e4397503de72bf31e240d6a459329f66c33d4fefd

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161024 Re: CVE request Qemu: audio: intel-hda: infinite loop in processing dma buffer streamhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161024 CVE request Qemu: audio: intel-hda: infinite loop in processing dma buffer streamhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2392https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3237http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20161020 [PATCH] audio: intel-hda: check stream entry count during transferhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg04682.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2408https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com93842http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93842vdb-entryx_refsource_BID